Improvement in reed-organ stop-actions



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

(l. 'WILLIAM YOGEL, OF NORVICII, CONNECIIOUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN REED-ORGAN STOP-ACTIONS.

Specification forming part ot Letters Patent No. 147,20l, dated February Il, 1874; application tiled January 2, 1874.

To all. ruf/'110m 'it my concern:

De it known that I, (l. lV. VOGEL, of Norwich, in the county ot- New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet-Organs; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the aceon'ipanyin g drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to stops for cabinet-organs 5 and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the mechanism for littin g the valves from the reeds 5 and also in providing each valve with a piece ot' leather` or other suitable n'iaterial to slide on the. board to which the valve is hin ged, for the purpose of prevei'iting wind vfrom passing in on the back oi" the valve.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, retin-rin g to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line a' a, Fig. l. Ifig. 3 is a front elevation ol' the same.

A represents the key-frame, and B B two of the valves of a cabinet-organ constructed in in any ot' the known and usual ways. U nder the key-frame A, in suitable bearings,are pl aeed a series of rods or levers, C C', eorrespondin g .in number with the stop-valves B B inthe organ. At the front end ot' each rod or lever C is an arm, a, extending at right angles, and

connected, by a catgut-string, with the Valves B B. At the rear end of each rod C C is another arm, l), extending vertically upward when the valve is closed. d. represents the spring which closes the valve. A is a frame, arranged on the key-frame A, and in this top frame are horizontal rods D D corresponding in. number with the rods C C and valves B B.

On the front end of each rod l) D is attached the usual knob E or E', for pulling` the rod out, or pushing it in. On the rear portion of each rod D D is attached a wedge, G G', which, when the rod is pulled out by its knob, oper; ates against the arm b ot' the rod (l, for in-A stance, and turns the same in its bearings, so that the arm a. and string a'. will raise or lit't the valve from the reeds.

Then the rod D is pushed in again th e sprin g d. closes the valve, and turns the rod C back again in its position.

On cach valve B B is secured a strip, i, ot' leather or other suitable material, which strip extends the whole length ofthe valve, and tends up along the board to which the valve is hinged.

l/Vhen the valve opens, the leather strip li slides up and down, and presses tight against said board, thereby preventing the wind from passing' in on the back of the valve, and eausin g it to pass only directly in front ot' the reeds.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with the valve B and rod D, of the wedge Gr, rocking 'rod or lever O with arms a b, and the spring a", all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. A strip, i, of leather or other suitablematerial, attached to the valve B, and arranged to slide alon the board to which the valve is hinged, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiiix my signature in presence ot two witnesses.

(el. ILLIAH VOGEL. l'Vitnesses ALBERT Y. PARK, MILLARD F. AvEEv. 

